Detained Kiwi journalist celebrates his release

Wayne Hay was released from detention in Egypt after being held for nearly a week. Photo / Twitter

A New Zealand journalist has been freed from an Egyptian jail after being detained for five days without charge.

Al Jazeera correspondent Wayne Hay, formerly a TVNZ reporter and presenter, was arrested with three colleagues while covering events in Cairo on Tuesday.

Their arrests followed the detainment of correspondent Abdullah al-Shami, who was arrested after the raid of the pro-Morsi sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya on August 14, along with Mohamed Badr, a cameraman for Al Jazeera's Arabic channel Mubasher Misr, who has been held for more than a month.

The network called for Egyptian authorities to release its staff unconditionally along with their belongings and equipment.

It said there had been a campaign against Al Jazeera, as the channel's offices were raided last month with security forces seizing equipment which was yet to be returned.